In Listen to This Alex Ross the music critic for The New Yorker looks both backward & forward in time capturing essential figures & ideas in classical-music history as well as giving an alternative view of recent pop music that emphasizes the power of the individual musical voice in whatever genre. Alex Rosss award-winning international bestseller The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century has become a contemporary classic establishing him as one of our most popular & acclaimed cultural historians. In Listen To This Ross the music critic for the New Yorker looks both backwards & forwards in time capturing essential figures & ideas in classical music history as well as giving an alternative view of recent pop music that emphasizes the power of the individual musical voice. After relating his first encounter with classical music Ross vibrantly sketches canonical composers such as Schubert Verdi & Brahms; gives us in-depth interviews wth modern pop masters such as Bjork & Radiohead; & introduces us to music students at a Newark high school & to indie-rock hipsters in Beijing. In his essay Chacona Lamento Walking Blues Ross brilliantly retells hundreds of years of music history
- from Renaissance dance to Led Zeppelin
- through a few iconic bass lines of celebration & lament. Whether his subject is Mozart or Bob Dylan Ross writes in a style at once erudite & lively showing how music expresses the full complexity of the human condition. He explains how pop music can achieve the status of high art & how classical music can become a vital part of the wider contemporary culture. Witty passionate & brimming with insight Listen to This teaches us to listen more closely.

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When Gavin arrives at his grandmothers house she is nowhere to be found. Thoughts of the football match he is missing & seeing his mates seem insignificant as he realises that he has to find her & soon
- there is heavy snow falling & it is getting dark. A trail of footsteps in the snow provide a vital clue... But will he be too late?
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In this interesting informative & accessible book Kathy Hall takes you on a journey of exploration & discovery & succeeds in challenging the readers own stance on the teaching not only of reading but also of literacy as a whole.! an excellent thought-provoking book which empowers the reader to critically reassess their own practice & will have a positive effect in many classrooms" British Journal of Educational Studies * How do different reading experts interpret evidence about one child as a reader? * What perspectives can be brought to bear on reading in the classroom? * How can a rich notion of literacy be promoted in the regular primary classroom? In this book Kathy Hall invites you to extend your perspective on reading by considering the responses of well known reading scholars (e.g. Barbara Comber Henrietta Dombey Laura Huxford & David Wray) to evidence of one child as a reader. Reading evidence from eight-year-old Stephen who is under-achieving in reading together with the suggestions of various experts about how his teacher could support him provide a vehicle for discussing different perspectives on reading in the primary classroom. The various approaches to literacy analysed include psycho-linguistic cognitive-psychological socio-cultural & socio-political. The book aims to guide your choice of teaching strategies & to support your rationale for those choices. Acknowledging the complexity & the richness of the field of research on literacy the book demonstrates the futility of searching for a single right method of literacy development. Rather we should search for multiple perspectives guided by the diverse needs of learners." ...

A selection of mysteries some light-hearted some romantic some very deadly! Twelve tantalizing cases! the curious disappearance of Lord Listerdale; a newlyweds fear of her ex-fiance; a strange encounter on a train; a domestic murder investigation; a wild mans sudden personality change; a retired inspectors hunt for a murderess; a young womans impersonation of a duchess; a necklace hidden in a basket of cherries; a mystery writers arrest for murder; an astonishing marriage proposal; a sopranos hatred for a baritone; the case of the rajahs emerald. All have one thing in common: the skilful hand of Agatha Christie. ...

A flawless collection of short stories that Christie herself referred to as light-hearted thrillers. Twelve ingenious witty mysteries showing the author at her best including: the curious disappearance of Lord Listerdale the strange meeting on a train of a feckless man & a beautiful girl Philomel Cottage & the extraordinary country house visit of Edward Robinson. Each four-story volume is expertly narrated by Hugh Fraser. ...

This text provides an approach to Spanish for Key Stage 3 pupils using two-page units with grammar explanations end-of-chapter checklists & revision tests. This Rojo pupil book is for Higher students & is parallel in content to the Foundation (Verde) book. ...

Listos 3 is a two-year course providing complete preparation for GCSE. Listos 3 Rojo is designed for pupils studying for the higher tier at GCSE & offers: * Full coverage of GCSE topics * Repaso sections at the beginning of each chapter to help students revise material covered in earlier years * Hablar & Trabajo de curso sections in each chapter to prepare students for the speaking test & for coursework * Differentiated reading & writing at the back of the book which provides invaluable extra practice. Please note Listos 3 is suitable for GCSE exams up to 2010. ...

This text is simple & self explanatory with golden rules for success in the classroom. It offers practical guidance on what works now as well as looking to the future &

Includes:: photocopiable resource sheets. Both a Teacher Resource & Professional Development tool it presents comments on all the latest thinking good & bad & on Primary Strategy. It also provides controversial & thought-provoking insight into making literacy teaching work.

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Literacy World is evolving with the renewed Framework to provide all the support you need to deliver Shared Reading & Writing Guided Reading ICT & Speaking & Listening at Key Stage 2/P4-7. A wealth of quality resources exceptional teacher support & complete differentiation makes Literacy World your only choice for fiction & non-fiction at Key Stage 2/P4-7. ...

Literacy World is evolving with the renewed Framework to provide all the support you need to deliver Shared Reading & Writing Guided Reading ICT & Speaking & Listening at Key Stage 2/P4-7. A wealth of quality resources exceptional teacher support & complete differentiation makes Literacy World your only choice for fiction & non-fiction at Key Stage 2/P4-7. ...